RATE 2013 - 1st Workshop on Real-Time Ethernet (RATE)

RATE submissions are by invitation only.
Distributed Embedded Systems (DES) are rapidly becoming increasingly
complex due to requirements on advanced functionality, with
increasing amount and heterogeneity of the information that is
exchanged. This high complexity imposes major development challenges
when non-functional properties must be enforced, such as real-time
response and adaptability.
In this context, one networking technology that is gaining more
acceptance in DES is switched Ethernet given its attractive high
throughput, low cost, wide availability, and general maturity.
However, when using COTS Ethernet switches, network interface cards
and IP stacks, guaranteeing real-time behavior is still challenging
due to possible uncontrolled packet arrival patterns that will lead
to packet queuing inside the switches and potentially to buffer
overflows and consequently to packet drops.
This motivated a strong research activity in recent years towards
providing Ethernet-based real-time communication solutions, the so
called Real-Time Ethernet (RTE) protocols. These were initially
geared towards industrial automation and large embedded systems, such
as avionics and train systems, and more recently expanding to
automotive, medical and other typical DES domains. Despite the myriad
of solutions existing today, a few issues remain open, such as the
efficient use of the network bandwidth with heterogeneous traffic
profiles, resource reservation across large networks with channel
isolation, support of multiple operational modes and online bandwidth
management, provision of ultra-low jitter, support for high precision
time synchronization, efficient response-time analysis, to name just
a few.
OBJECTIVES
This workshop will foster discussion on new and on-going research in
the development and analysis of Real-Time Ethernet protocols
particularly geared to DES and gather feedback from the embedded
systems community at large. Of particular interest are new concepts
and ideas for designing, modeling and analyzing RTE protocols and
experience reports with practical or industrial case studies.
PAPER SUBMISSION
The workshop will consist of invited papers.
ORGANIZERS
Sebastian Fischmeister, University of Waterloo, Canada
Luis Almeida, University of Porto, Portugal
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Luis Almeida
DEEC - FEUP / Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
IT - Instituto de Telecomunicações - Delegação do Porto
IEETA - Campo Universitario, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal